Thursday 29 November 2018 to Sunday 20 January 2019, every evening from 5 pm to 11 pm Amsterdam. More information about all works of art can be found HERE.

End November the Amsterdam Light Festival will start. I developed a new light sculpture that can be seen at the bridges between the Public Library and the Nemo Science Museum Amsterdam.​THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

For our seventh edition, artists from home and abroad take you on a journey along 30 light artworks specially created for Amsterdam. The 53-day exhibition revolves around the theme ‘The Medium is the Message’, the famous statement by the Canadian scientist Marshall McLuhan. The role of light in conveying a message and the city of Amsterdam as a medium for telling stories are central to this edition.

30 artworks and installations

The idea behind McLuhan's statement was simple: the medium with which we send a message is at least as important as the message itself. What role does light play as a medium or as a message? More than 600 artists from around the world have looked into this issue and submitted their concept. Ultimately, 30 artworks were selected that will light up the historic city centre of Amsterdam during the festival.10 capital storiesThe rich history, unique architecture and extraordinary inhabitants of Amsterdam make the city as a medium very suitable for telling remarkable stories. On behalf of the festival, art historian and chief editor of the magazine Ons Amsterdam Koen Kleijn went in search of these stories and will collect them in a ten-part series.

Guest of honour: Jeroen Henneman

This year, the famous Amsterdam-based artist Jeroen Henneman is our guest of honour. Henneman, who is particularly known for his sculptures that look like 'standing drawings', develops especially for the festival two artworks and a 'limited edition' will be for sale.

For the second year in a row we organize a light art exhibition in the northern half of the Oosterpark in Amsterdam. With larger and smaller light artworks, arranged along paths, in the green, in the water, inside and on buildings. Keywords are also this time: waywardness, abstraction, geometry and stillness. Parklicht again guarantees a fascinating evening walk from one artwork to another: with a map in the hand on 'discovery' through a beautiful piece of Amsterdam.

Parklicht displays contemporary light installations, projections and objects of artists living and / or working in the Netherlands (with the exception of one Japanese artist). 75% of the artworks are made especially for the occasion. We use digital techniques and contemporary LED and laser light as well as some more 'old-fashioned' materials such as neon and overhead projectors. These are all non-figurative works that do not make a sound and are based on the use of white light or blacklight (although you may also encounter a lost dash of pastel coloured light.) Explanation is not given or only sporadically: the artworks have to speak for themselves as much as possible.

The Oosterpark has several entrances; you can enter the park from different sides. Parklight has no fixed route, you determine your own order. Some artworks will be visible from a distance, but the majority is a bit more hidden. Sometimes you have to enter a building, a fence or a staircase to see a work of art: Parklicht 'unlocks' a few pieces of Oosterpark where you normally will not come quickly.

K R Y S A L I SOn the occasion of Parklicht, a unique 'light concert' will take place on Saturday 17 November in the chapel of Hotel Arena. It concerns the premiere of Krysalis, an audiovisual co-production of light artist Heleen Blanken and the formation Slagmann (sound artist / DJ Guy 'Makam' Blanken and some percussionists of Slagwerk Den Haag.) You can read more about thisHERE.

I would like to invite you to the Big Art exhibition in the iconic former prison complex Bijlmer Bajes in Amsterdam. During 4 days the impressive Bijlmerbajes will be occupied by XL artworks by contemporary artists and designers. A unique mix of monumental paintings and drawings, large sculptures, large photographs and enormous installations acclaimed names and emerging talents. To see and buy! I show a new site specific lighting installation. Also a unique opportunity to view the Bijlmer Bajes from the inside for the last time. Welcome!

I participate in 2 exhibitions in August. You are most welcome at the opening of Demi-Gros in Berlin on 15 August and at the presentation of Sites and Ligne in Silly, Belgium on the weekend of 25 to 26 August. For more information, see below this text.

Size mattersThe Safe Gallery, probably Berlin‘s smallest exhibition space, will host a group show of 72 Berlin artists.The title of the show, Demi-Gros, refers both to a traditional unit of measure in foodstuffs (a gross, or a dozen dozen), and to middlemen who connect wholesale and retail in commerce. All the artworks are presented in a wooden box of not even the size of a shoebox in a wall safe. The (uncurated) show reflects the breadth of the Berlin art scene with artists of 17 nationalities, aged between 27 and 74 (the average being 44), working in an unusual format.Exploring the exhibition requires the collaboration of the visitor. The box has to be extracted from the safe (the French word trésor also means treasure) and is accompanied by an explanatory booklet and white gloves on a table. And it can be quite difficult to reinsert the artworks in the box….

N'hésitez pas à partager cet évènement, on a besoin de vous cher Public!Bien à vous,L'équipe de Sites en Ligne.***********The Asbl Sites en Ligne is pleased to announce you the tenth edition of its symposium of sculpture and installation in a natural environment that will take place from August 20 to 26, 2018 in the Bois de Ligne in Silly (Belgium)Thirty artists or collectives of international artists will work around two disciplines, installation in the natural environment and trunk sculpture.The public is invited to follow the work in progress throughout the week and to vote for the award of two Audience Awards during the final presentation on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August.It can also make a stop at our country bar for a drink, eat, meet the artists, and enjoy organized activities, fanfares, concerts, all in a friendly atmosphere